Because of the fact that the
six towns had grown up independently there had been duplication of many
street names which led to confusion as people started to move more
freely around the city. For example there were 7 'Albert Streets', 11
'Church Street's' and 12 'High Street's'.

In the early 1950's a large number of
streets were renamed. In March 1955 the City of Stoke-on-Trent published
a booklet entitled "Complete list of streets
renamed and list of new streets laid out since January 1950"